What's Your Nature?

Become a Nature Up North explorer to share your encounters with wild things and wild places in New York's North Country. Post your wildlife sightings, landscape shots, photos from your outings, and even your organization's events!

Easy Bird Feeder Designs You Can Make at Home

While being stuck at home during Earth Week isn’t ideal, there are still many ways you can make a difference and celebrate from home! One great way to benefit your local ecosystem is by making bird feeders. Below are two different ways you can easily make a bird feeder for your yard, depending on what materials you have available. Enjoy!

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The Earth Day 7K has gone virtual!

Four years ago, Nature Up North and the St. Lawrence Land Trust created the First Annual Earth Day 7K.  That race, in 2016, brought eighteen participants together as they ran and walked in support of Mother Earth. Since that first race, the number of participants has grown to over 100. The Earth Day 7K was initially designed to foster a deeper connection to, and appreciation for, nature in the North Country.

50 Years of Earth Day, 5 Years of the Earth Day 7K

Happy Earth Day!

The year 2020 will, for most of us, go down as one of the strangest in our lifetimes. And for some, it will also be one of the most tragic. We will move forward from this point in time referring to the "pre-pandemic" and "post-pandemic" parts of our life.  Going forward, it will be easy to overlook the fact that 2020 also marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.  And yet the COVID pandemic and earth day are more linked than we might first imagine.

Toad with words "Happy Earth Day!"
Sunset with words "Happy Earth Day"
View from Coney mountain with words "50th Anniversary of Earth Day"

Oieri-D200411233

Tree
Tree Circumference (inches)
3.00 inches

Oieri

Maple Species
Sugar Maple

Kiohten-O200411231

Observation date
Tree

53 inches in circumference

Kiohten

Maple Species
Sugar Maple

Satehken-O200411227

Observation date
Tree

22 inches in circumference

Satehken

Maple Species
Sugar Maple

Tsiata-O200411225

Observation date
Tree

26 inches in circumference